Copper

Equinox makes surprise bid for Lundin (February 28, 2011)

A hostile bid by Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) for Lundin Mining worth about $4.8 billion in cash and shares could derail a friendly merger proposed between Lundin and Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMF-O) that is scheduled for a shareholder vote on…


Sunridge Gold Drill rigs on the Debarwa deposit at Sunridge Gold's Asmara gold-copper-silver project in Eritrea.

Sunridge hits more high-grade copper-gold

 Sunridge Gold (sgc-v) has released its second round of drill results in two weeks, with more significant gold-copper-silver hits at its Asmara project in Eritrea. 


NovaGold Resources  The Copper Canyon project in northern B.C.

Copper Canyon rejects NovaGold bid

 Copper Canyon Resources’ (cpy-v) board has unanimously rejected as inadequate a hostile takeover bid launched by joint-venture partner NovaGold Resources (ng-t, ng-x).



Risks and rewards in an emerging Africa

Cape Town, South Africa – A record number of delegates descended on Cape Town in early February to hear about new African investment opportunities as countries continue to stablize and open up, though risks remain.


Pretivm Resources is off to a good start

After twenty-five years at the helm of Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q), Robert Quartermain is back in action with a start-up company called Pretivm Resources (PVG-T) that listed in December at $6.00 per share and is trading today at…



Sampling on the skarn deposit at Dynacor Gold Mines' Tumipampa gold-copper property in southern Peru. Photo by Dynacor Gold Mines

Optimism gathers around Dynacor in Peru

Dynacor Gold Mines (DNG-T) has been steadily adding to its market cap over the last few months and word that the drills have started turning at a key exploration project in Peru furthered its advance. 



Taseko to add capacity at Gibraltar mine

Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) wants to take advantage of robust copper prices and expand capacity at its 75%-owned Gibraltar mine in the Cariboo region of British Columbia and Williams Lake. 


Northgate Minerals updates resource at Kemess

Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-N) has boosted its indicated resource tonnes by 18% and its contained gold and copper by 10% and 9% respectively at its Kemess underground project in north-central British Columbia.


EMED revives Rio Tinto mine in Spain

In six years, Cyprus-based EMED Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) has grown from being little more than a concept to a company with very real plans to restart copper production this year from the historic Rio Tinto open-pit copper mine in southwestern…


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